Adjustable handhold for saws.



110.834.1522. I I PATENTED 0012.30, 1906 IT. KEEPPER. ADJUSTABLEHANDHOLD FOR SAWS.

APPLICATION FILED APR 6, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April a, 1906. Serial No. 310,215.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS KEEPFER, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Adjustable Handholds for Saws, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an adjustable handhold adapted to be applied tothe handle of an ordinary saw to enable the saw to be readily usedeither right or left for sawing close to a vertical structure or wallwithout barking or abrading the knuckles of the hand in operating thesaw or in other ordinary uses thereof. 1

The nature and characteristic features of my invention will be morefully understood from the following description, taken in connectionwith the accom anying drawings, forming part hereof, in w ich Figure 1is a ers ective view of a saw, showing a hand 01 embodying main featuresof my said invention detachably applied to an ordinary saw-handle. Fig.2 is a side elevational view of a detachable handhold, and in dottedoutline the saw-handle, with a handhold of my said invention clampedthereto. Fi 3 is a side elevational view of the handhol and Fig. 4 is atransverse sectional view on the line w w of Fig. 2, showing in detailthe form of the flanged sleeves employed in conjunction with thehandhold proper for detachably securing the handhold to any ordinarysaw-handle for right or left hand work in proximity to a wall or otherstructure 'to part therefrom the projection of a board from the same.

Referring to the drawings, a, is an ordinar saw provided with the usualwooden wel known type of handle a. b is the handhold of my invention,Which'consists of preferably an arched hold b thickened about and fromthe middle and terminating at the respective ends in flanges b and b forbearing against the said handle a, as shown in Fig. 2. Both ends of thehandhold b are extended to form shanks or studs 5 andb, the interior ofwhich are hollow and the walls of which are threaded for a pur ose to beresently explained. c and c are t e flanges o the sleeves c and cfitting the shanks or studs 6 and If of the handhold b. In the openings0 and c of the sleeves are inserted tightening screws or bolts (1 and dfor engaging the flanges c' and c to the saw-handle a when the sleevesare tightened on the shanks or studs b and b, as clearly illustrated inFig. 1. In sawing a board or other piece of material projecting from awall or other structure by simply arranging the handhold so that it isin the osition shown in Fig. 1' this may be readily accom lished or thehandhold may be readily shifted? into a reverse osition to that shown byloosening the tig tenin screw bolts (1 and d to ermit the handho d b tooccupy a position t e opposite of that shown. By then tightening thebolts or screws (1 and d in the sleeves and c and studs or shanks b andb of the handhold b a left-hand sawing operation may be carried onwithout barking or abrading the knuckles of the hand.

Havlng thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination with a saw-handle, of ahandhold provided with shanksor studs, sleeves fitting the shanks or studs and provided withprojections or flanges, and means. for securing the sleeves and flangesto said saw handle.

2. The combination with a saw-handle, of a handhold provided withflanged ends and shanks, sleeves provided with flanges fitting theshanks and said flanges engaging the handle and means for securing thesleeves andflanges to said saw-handle.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence oftwo subscribing wltnesses.

THOMAS Patented Oct. 30, 1906. P

